Vietnam highly valued UNICEF’s help in social and cultural
development in the country, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi
Kim Ngan said.
Vice Chairwoman Ngan made the appraisal while
receiving UNICEF Chief Representative in Vietnam Lotta Sylwander in
Hanoi on Jan. 12.
Ngan thanked UNICEF for its cooperation in
implementing policies on protection and care for Vietnamese children,
stressing that the cooperation effectively met Vietnam ’s demand for
socio-economic development in each period.
Ngan asked the two
sides to expand cooperation in the future to contribute more to
Vietnam ’s development and raise the role of the UN organisation.
The
legislator expressed her wish that UNICEF will assist Vietnam to
build laws and examine the protection and implementation of child
rights.
Lotta Sylwander recognised Vietnam ’s efforts in
protection and care of children in Vietnam over the past years and
said that in the circumstance of decreased capital for development in
the world, UNICEF and other UN organisations will focus on policy
consultancy and raising capacity for Vietnamese partners, including
Party, parliamentary and governmental agencies and mass organisations.
She
stressed that UNICEF will actively contribute to reducing the child
poverty rate and increase access to essential social services like
healthcare, safe water and education, especially in rural areas and
areas of ethnic minority people.
She also said that UNICEF will
help Vietnam to complete a system to research and examine activities
to protect and care for children./.